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O. H. HUEBEL. MOVABLE SOAP GU]?- No. 553,467. Patented Jan. 21, 1896.

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UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO HENRY HUEBEL, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO LEO FRANK, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

MOVABLE SOAP-CU P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,467, dated January21, 1896.

Application filed May 14, 1895. Serial No. 54:9,8Q4. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO HENRY HUEBEL, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Movable Soap-Cups and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in soap-holders, the object beingto provide a simple, cheap, and attractive device from which the removalof a cake of soap may be eifected without the employment of meansindependent of the soap-holder or without removing same with the hands.

With this end in view my invent-ion consists in certain novel featuresof construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimprovement, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view of same.

A represents a supporting-bracket, one end of which is preferablyprovided with a button having screw-holes for the reception of screwsfor the attachment of said bracket in its operative position, while theother or forward end of said bracket is bifurcated, forming projectingarms 2 3, each of which is bent in the form of a right angle, and whentaken together they constitute three sides of an 0blong square. Securedto bracket A and at the juncture of the arms 2 3 is aforwardlyprojecting stop or rest 4, which latter is preferably parallelwith the bottom edge of arms 2 3, and is adapted to project slightlybeyond said arms, for the purpose to be hereinafter referred to.

The soap dish or tray 5 consists of a continuous upper rim or edge 6, tothe bottom face of which is secured a series of shallow U shaped wiresor strips 7 which latter constitute the sides and bottom of the soapdish or tray. Each end of tray 5 is provided with a trunnion 8, saidtrunnions being located a short distance forward of the center andadapted to be mounted in bearings 9 carried by arms 2 3. The front oftray 5is provided with a pull or finger rest 10, by means of which tray5 is quickly and easily operated. Tray 5 is supported in its horizontalor operative position by means of stop or rest at, which latter comes incontact with the under face of rim 6 when said tray is in its operativeposition and prevents a rearward movement below the position abovereferred to. By providing bracket A with stop or rest 4 and by pivotingtray 5 to said bracket at points forward of the center it will be seenthat accidental forward tilting of tray 5 is prevented, for the reasonthat the greater weight carried in said tray will at all times be in therear of the pivotal points where it is supported by stop or rest at.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my invention is very simple inconstruction, cheap to manufacture, ornamental in appearance, and easyof operation. To remove a cake of soap from tray 5, pressure is appliedon pull 10, which tilts the tray forward and deposits tho soap thereinon the palm of the operators hand. After pressure is removed from pull1O tray 5 immediately assumes its normal position.

My invention can be manufactured in combination with sponge-racks,tooth-brush holders,&c. It can also be provided with a springclamp'adapted to grasp the edge of a bath tub, washstand, or like article, inlieu of the means described for securing it in position.

- Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a soap holder, the combination with a pair of supporting arms, ofa soap dish comprising a continuous rim or edge pivoted at one side ofits longitudinal center in said supports, U-shaped strips or wiressecured at their ends to said rim or edge, whereby the lower portion ofsaid wires or strips is sufliciently below the rim so that a deepreceptacle is formed for the soap, and a stop arranged to limit themovement of the soap dish in one direction, said stop located to enterbetween two wires or strips and engage the rim or edge, substantially asset forth.

2. As an article of manufacture, a soap holder comprising a supportingarm which latter is divided to form two members and provided with astop, a soap dish pivoted at one side of its center in the outer ends ofthe memspecification in the presence of two subscribbers of thesupporting arm, the inner heavier ing witnesses.

side normally restin on the stop and the w 7 T w outer edge providedivith a thumb piece by 01 l O HEB RY HUELLL' 5 means of which the dishis tilted, substanitnesses:

tially as set forth. MICHAEL GRU,

In testimony whereof I have signed this MORRIS COHEN.

